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El Paso band Sparta is holding a huge 20th anniversary concert at home in November.

El Paso band Sparta is holding a huge 20th anniversary concert at home in November.

Now, the seminal and now-legendary debut record, lovingly pressed onto vinyl will be made available officially for the first time. Originally released on Dreamworks records in 2002, it is seeing vinyl release from Canadian Indie powerhouse, Dine Alone Records, who have been releasing new music from both Sparta and Jim Ward since 2020.

The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year.

A tour to mark the anniversary stops at San Antonio's Rock Box on Friday, June 16.

Sparta w/ Geoff Rickly & Zeta Rock 'n rollers Sparta bring their Wiretap Scars 20th Celebration Tour to Beer City Music Hall w/ Geoff Rickly and Zeta on June 2.

El Paso's own Sparta has returned! And they're coming back with a new album in 2022.

Fiddleheads Between the Richness takes from post-hardcore, punk, and emo and skips the boyish flourishes. Its precise and vigorous.